At 11:04 AM 10/28/98 EST, you wrote: >Marlene, > Do you know who Martha's parents are? Or what Downing line you belong >to? I have or had Downings in Missouri. Morean Downing married Lydia Ann >Brunk in 1843, Davies County, MO. I found them on an 1850 census of Davies >County. Morean also had a brother, Powhatan, who was in Davies County in >1850. They were born in KY. do any of these names sound familiar to you? >Sue Hodnett > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >Space for this list is provided by Rootsweb.com, working to keep online genealogy free for everyone. > Hi Sue - Yes, I know my Downing line back a few generations. My great grandmother, Martha Anne Downing, married Wm. Jones and a few years later he was murdered by a notorious gang in Kansas - I am trying to fill in some holes, and I don't have her marriage date to Mr. Jones. I descend from her 2nd marriage. My Line: Martha Anne Downing b 1848 and Daniel Wiley Beaver (My great grandparents) She b Jasper Co. INdiana Joshua Foster Davis Downing b 1818 and Eliza Jane Meeker Francis Woodward Downing b 1783 and Elizabeth Howe Foster Joseph Downing b 1748 and Jemima Woodward A number of researchers are looking for the parents of Joseph Downing b 1748 and I watch with interest your research on the early Francis Downing in VA. Unfortunately, I have no clues to your Missouri Downings and have none by those names in my collection of Downing stuff. I admire your persistance - we all need a bit of luck to straighten out these elusive early Downings! Marlene Marlene DiGiovanni MarleneDiGi@prodigy.net